Originally Posted by
PhotoTom
By "CCL", I am assuming you mean a CPL (Concealed Pistol License). If so, having a Michigan CPL does not exempt you from "registering" the handgun in Michigan.
If you have a valid CPL (or equivalent) from another state, then there is an exemption in Michigan law that would apply.
Otherwise, even though there is no means of registering when applying the letter of the law, the Michigan State Police (MSP) will instruct you to fill-out a RI-060, putting your name as both the "buyer" and the "seller" (technically, you are neither). Aside from that, you only fill-out the fields that apply (it is a multi-use form), so you skip the FFL section since that does not apply to this transaction.
The penalty for not "registering" a pistol in the allotted time is a $250 civil infraction (a ticket, not a criminal offense). The penalty for submitting false information on the RI-060 is a felony offense.